<p>In episode 2122, Jack and guest co-host <a href='https://www.pallavigunalan.com/'>Pallavi Gunalan</a> are joined by poet, former public defender, co-founder &amp; Executive Director of <a href='htt...

We chat with author Emily Galvin Almanza about Andromeda Diaz and the Reasonable Doubt, which is a twisty, propulsive mystery for kids and follows a fearless fifth grader who vows to help a classmate ...

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Join us in celebrating this twisty-turny middle grade mystery with Emily Galvin Almanza!

In this twisty, propulsive mystery for kids from former public defender Emily Galvin Almanza, author of The Price of Mercy, a fearless fifth grader vows to help a classmate in danger of getting lost i...

Iowa City native and former public defender Emily Galvin Almanza has written “Andromeda Diaz and the Reasonable Doubt,” a middle-grade mystery to teach kids their constitutional rights and the power o...

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Imagine being accused of stealing something. Now, imagine you’re a fifth-grader, and the adults have already made up their minds about what happened. Then comes an interesting question: What can one d...

An investigation into the everyday violence of prison strip searches, which incarcerated women say are a tool of abuse.

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Employers shed 23,000 jobs in July, and gains in previous months were revised down sharply, in a downbeat report that suggests the labor market is weaker than previously believed.

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There is a particular kind of political candidate that Tennessee has seen before: the one who runs because the opportunity presented itself, because the timing felt right, because the donor network wa...